How Long to Read Bishops, Wives and Children

How Long Does it Take to Read Bishops, Wives and Children?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 55 minutes to read Bishops, Wives and Children by Douglas J. Davies

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Christianity as a cultural force, whether rising or falling, has seldom been analysed through the actual processes by which tradition is transmitted, modified, embraced or rejected. This book achieves that end through a study of bishops of the Church of England, their wives and their children, to show how values fostered in the vicarage and palace shape family, work and civic life in a supposedly secular age. Davies and Guest integrate, for the first time, sociological concepts of spiritual capital with anthropological ideas of gift-theory and, alongside theological themes, use these to illuminate how the religious professional functions in mediating tradition and fostering change. Motifs of distant prelates, managerially-minded fathers in God and rebellious clergy children are reconsidered in a critical light as new empirical evidence offers unique insights into how the clergy family functions as an axis of social power in an age incredulous to ecclesiastical hierarchy. Bishops, Wives and Children marks an important advance in the analysis of the spirituality of Catholic, Evangelical and Liberal leaders and their social significance within a distinctive Christian tradition and all it represents in wider British society.

How long is Bishops, Wives and Children?

Bishops, Wives and Children by Douglas J. Davies is 228 pages long, and a total of 58,824 words.

This makes it 77% the length of the average book. It also has 72% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Bishops, Wives and Children Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 21 minutes to read Bishops, Wives and Children aloud.

What Reading Level is Bishops, Wives and Children?

Bishops, Wives and Children is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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